Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAccumulating knowledge versus attaining true wisdom. June 22, 1986
Season 3 Episode 132
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, Lola discusses the distinction between accumulating knowledge and attaining true wisdom.
Lola shares the koan about a mo…
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The Lesson of True Listening. June 15, 1986
Season 3 Episode 131
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the difference between merely seeking reality and actually experiencing it through the practice of true listen…
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An exploration of the subject of death. Delivered Jun 8, 1986
Season 3 Episode 130
Zen Roshi Lola McDowell Lee, opens by recounting the classic Zen koan of Master Dogo and his disciple Zengen. When visiting a deceased parishioner, Z…
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Does an enlightened Zen master live a saintly, extraordinary life? Delivered Jun 1, 1986
Season 3 Episode 129
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the nature of truth, the limitations of the intellect, and the profound importance of trusting one's own imme…
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Give gifts with no notion of reward or praise. Like moving something from one hand to the other. Mar 9, 1986
Season 3 Episode 128
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the Diamond Sutra, known as the "Cutter of All Doubts."
She story of the Buddha and his disciple, Subhuti, a …
2 months, 1 week ago
Learning to live less from the mind and more from the hara. Oct 14, 1981
Season 3 Episode 127
(Note: This recording contains a static hum that, in spite of efforts to remove, does remain somewhat. But the content of the talk might be worth ove…
3 months ago
Allowing Purusha to extricate itself from the mindless play of Prakrit. Sept 27, 1987
Season 3 Episode 126
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, discusses the ancient Indian philosophy of Samkhya Yoga as a framework for spiritual observation. It includes the dual …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Plato, art and spiritual growth. Sep 5, 1987
Season 3 Episode 125
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, explores the concept of freedom through the conquest of self.
Per the Dhammapada, we should direct straying thoughts. T…
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The Middle Way—between the world of appearance and the inner world of consciousness. Aug 29, 1987
Season 3 Episode 124
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee draws on the Dhammapada to emphasize a core principle of spiritual success: vigilance, or watching. The fool is careless…
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How do you go in? Simply stop going out. Aug 2, 1987
Season 3 Episode 123
Zen Roshi, Lola McDowell Lee, continues her discussion of the Dhammapada.
She warns us against mistaking the false for the true, urging us to look int…
4 months, 2 weeks ago